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BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT CENTER A Radiological Incident Center was established at AEC headquarters n Germantown to
coordinate actions required in the event of a radiation incident. The cent
will be active only
- in theevent of an incident of sufficient magnitude to warrant its utilizatiog to coordinate headquarters responsibilities in such matters as public relations and Congres ional notification,
and to assist the responsible field office in obtaining help to cope with th incident.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Summer Institutes in Radiation Biology |
Negotiations were begun for the establishment of training courses in adiation biology for
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high school science teachers, to be held at 15 to 17 universities in the su
er of 1959. Similar summerinstitutes were held at 12 universities in 1958. These insti
8 in radiation biology are supported by the AEC in cooperation with the National Science Fgundation (NSF) under
an arrangement whereby the AEC contracts with the universities offering
the courses and the
NSF assists the teachers attending the institutes. In its over-all pr
for summerinstitutes for 1959 the NSF will support 300 institutes presenting courses in cience and mathe matics. (End of UNCLASSIFIED section. )
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